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the Greek crisis on inequality and poverty in 2009-2014 using the micro-simulation model EUROMOD. Specifically, the paper …. Relative poverty seems to have increased in 2012, after remaining broadly unchanged in the previous two years; in 2013 it …). This pattern is more pronounced when poverty is measured against an “anchored” benchmark: the proportion of population …
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The paper describes inequality trends in selected emerging economies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) in a range of monetary (i.e. income) and non-monetary dimensions of people’s life (i.e. education, health status, employment and subjective well-being)....
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population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social …
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Reducing poverty remains an important challenge, and the COVID-19-crisis may further reinforce social vulnerabilities …. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … particularly affected. A comprehensive approach is required to ensure an effective transition out of poverty and social exclusion …
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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The shock led to a sharp fall in labour force...
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Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. Income dispersion largely originates from the labour market, which is characterised by a still high unemployment rate, a pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion...
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Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …
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paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … explores whether contracting inequalities coexist with increasing poverty. The paper adds to previous studies by introducing …
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The paper is a survey of literature and statistical sources on poverty and inequality in Russia in the 1990s and the … that was released in 2011. We start with an overview of poverty and income inequality estimates available. Poverty and … inequality trends are then complemented with poverty incidence analysis based on a nationally representative household survey …
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Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … poverty through better targeting of the truly needy while reducing administrative complexity. …
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